2. Book of Pamphlets. Circa 1850s. Full diced leather with double gilt border on front cover and ornate gilt devices on spine. Five raised bands on spine with red title label now fading. Contains early LDS pamphlets published in Liverpool. Due to the quality of the binding I would say it was probably bound in England and is contemporary with the pamphlets. JOHN W. YOUNG’s COPY with his signature in ink on free front endpaper. Also the stamp of N[ephi] L[owell] Morris. Author of Prophecies of Joseph Smith and their Fulfillment. $6,950.00

1. Smith, Joseph Fielding. Man . . . His Origin And Destiny. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1954. 563 pp. Exceptionally scarce limited SIGNED first edition in full black leather. It is thought that less than 20 copies were bound and signed in this manner. Most if not all were given to friends and family. This copy has the name of John

Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr. (July 19,1876 - July 2, 1972) was the tenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints from 1970 until his death. He was the son of Jospeh F. Smith, the sixth president of the Chruch.Smith was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1910, when his father was president of the church. Nochurch president had a greater length of time as an apostle, (1910–1972), nor had any church president succeeded atsuch a high age. His time as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1951 to 1970 has been surpassed

by few; he spent David O. McKay's entire nineteen-year presidency as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve.

Marvin J.[eremy] Ashton (May 6, 1915 – February 25, 1994) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1971 until his death.

Ashton was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the son of Marvin O. Ashton, a prominent local leader of the LDS

Church who later became a general authority of the church. The younger Ashton worked in the lumber business as a

youth. He graduated from the University of Utah. He served a mission in Great Britain, where his mission president was

Hugh B. Brown. He worked as managing director of LDS Social Services.

From 1958 to 1969, Ashton was an assistant to the general superintendent of the

church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He served as assistants to

superintendents Joseph T. Bentley and G. Carlos Smith.

Ashton was ordained an Apostle on December 2, 1971 after the death of Richard L.

Evans. Ashton was an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles between 1969

and his call to the Quorum of the Twelve. Ashton died on February 25, 1994 and was

succeeded by Robert D. Hales.

Ashton was involved with the Boy Scouts of America most of his life and earnedEagle Scout as a youth. As an adult he was a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA), the Silver

Beaver Award and the Silver Antelope Award.

John Longden (4 November 1898 – 30 August 1969) was a general authority (Assistant to the Quorum of the TwelveApostles) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death. The book has Longden’s stamp: “Property of John Longden/ 47 East S Temple/ Salt Lake City, Utah - stamped in black ink on the front pastedown. A prominent Mormon book collector’s stamp: “Dean G. Pace Library” is stamped on the ffep and the half title.Man . . . His Origin and Destiny was Smith’s most controversial book and one of the most controversial books writtenby a General Authority (later to be overshadowed by his son-in-law’s book). The book caused quite a stir in the academiccircles, Henry Eyring and later David O. McKay as President of the Church both disavowed it.

7. Crawley, Peter and Chad J. Flake. Notable Mormon Books 1830-1857. Provo: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library. 1974. 19 pp. An Exhibition in Conjunction with the Sixth Annual Mormon Festival of Arts. Wraps. SOLD

8. Quinn, E. Michael. Early Mormonism and the Magic World View. Salt Lake City: Signature Books. 1998. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 646 pp. Even though many of Quinn’s bookswere on the ‘cutting edge’ of the new Mormon History, Early Mormonism is probablythe most controversial. Essential in the understanding of Joseph Smith’s origins. Only 200 copies were

produced in this limited red leather edition. There was no other hardbound edition published.

With his grandson-in-law’s book, Mormon Doctrine (# 10 above) Gospel Doctrine remains one of the most often

referenced books for those seeking concise doctrine of the lds Church.Price: SOLD

John W[illard] Young, son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell, was ordained anApostle his father Brigham Young on November 22, 1855 when he was eleven. He was publicly sustained as a member of the First Presidency in 1876 and served as a member of the First Presidency with his father prior to his father’s death. He also served as a counselor to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was one of the fewwho served in the First Presidency without ever being a member of the Quorum of theTwelve.November 22, 1855: Wilford Woodruff related, “President Young said ‘I am going to tell you something that I have never before mentioned to any other person. I have ordained by sons, Joseph A., Brigham & John W., Apostles and my counselors. Haveyou any objections?’ J. Taylor and G.A. Smith said they had not, that it was his ownaffair & they considered it under his own direction He further stated., ‘In ordaining mysons I have done no more than I am perfectly willing that you should do with yours.

And I am determined to put my sons into active service in the spiritual affairs of the Kingdom and keep them there justas long as possible. You have the same privilege.’”